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The Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has organised a capacity-building programme for its personnel aimed at enhancing the travel experience for passengers travelling through the gateway. According to the Comptroller of the MMIA Command, Odide Kalu, the initiative is part of efforts to boost officers’ capabilities, ensuring that […]

The Anambra State Government on Tuesday announced the immediate closure of Upcoming Star International School at Ifite Road, Awka, over the alleged bullying of a seven-year-old pupil. The state Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, announced in Awka that the government responded to a report that the pupil’s classmate allegedly broke her leg. Ms Chuma-Udeh, a […]

In a judgment that could have far-reaching implications for the administration of justice in Delta State, the High Court in Warri has struck down a controversial provision in the state’s civil justice law. On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, Justice V.O. Agboje declared section 51(2)(b) of the Delta State Administration of Civil Justice Law (ACJL) 2022 […]

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained Loyola Jesuit College, Abuja, from stopping the admission process of a teenager, Master Aondo Terdoo Caleb. The student had dragged the College before the court over an admission dispute. Justice Peter Lifu issued the restraining order on Tuesday following the failure of the College to give […]

The Court of Appeal in Kano has ruled that the daughter of the late Major Mohammed Arogun Adeniyi, Nike, and her Christian mother must share the deceased’s inheritance with the children of his other two widows, who are Muslims. Nike reportedly received ₦23,588,000 in gratuity and other entitlements but has refused to share it with […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief Of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, says there is no timeline yet for the implementation of the Steve Oronsaye’s Report. He stated this on Tuesday during an interview after an official visit to the headquarters of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in Abuja. Gbajabiamila, a former Speaker of the […]

(AP) — A judge on Tuesday again rejected a request to free an ailing former Los Angeles-area gang leader accused in the 1996 killing of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur, saying she suspects a cover-up related to the sources of the funds for his bond. The decision from Clark District Court Judge Carli Kierny came after […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Monday, for the first time, met with former Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Mike Igini. The duo met at the ongoing 2024 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference in Lagos, according to a statement by Jackson Udom, one of Akpabio’s media aides. Igini, while exchanging pleasantries […]

Vice President Kashim Shettima, representing President Bola Tinubu at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference in Lagos, expressed his surprise at being invited again after wearing sneakers to the previous event. “Just before we won the elections and got sworn into office, no thanks to the NBA conference in this same Lagos, in this same […]

Former President of Ghana, John Mahama, says there’s a need for the establishment of a Pan-African legal framework that will reflect the continent’s values and realities and help to solve the challenges facing the continent. Mahama said that Africa must proactively adapt a legal education and practice to meet the needs of an integrated market […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.19 per cent, year-on-year, in real terms in the second quarter of the year (Q2 2024) compared to 2.51 per cent in Q2 2023, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. The performance was also higher than 2.98 per cent recorded in the Q1 2024. According to […]

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Nigerian lawyers to reject any notion of a coup as a solution to the country’s current challenges, emphasizing that such an action would only strip Nigerians of their hard-won freedoms. Addressing the ongoing 2024 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos, Akpabio urged legal […]